The Sword of the Union: Federal Objectives and Strategies During the American Civil War, Volumen6Air Command and Staff College, 1989 - 321 páginas |
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... fight for it and weave legends about their fighting , and they would make any sacrifice to keep this valley open.16 William Tecumseh Sherman , an officer who was to emerge as one of the principal architects of the eventual Union victory ...
... fight for it and weave legends about their fighting , and they would make any sacrifice to keep this valley open.16 William Tecumseh Sherman , an officer who was to emerge as one of the principal architects of the eventual Union victory ...
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... property , nor upon the domestic institu- tions of the land . I and the army I command are fighting to secure the Union and maintain its Constitution and laws , and 66 for no other purpose . " " Similarly , 28 THE SWORD OF THE UNION.
... property , nor upon the domestic institu- tions of the land . I and the army I command are fighting to secure the Union and maintain its Constitution and laws , and 66 for no other purpose . " " Similarly , 28 THE SWORD OF THE UNION.
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... fight . " When this assumption proved to be fallacious , the General realistically modified his expectations and recognized that the conflict had become a total struggle between two powerful nations for sur- vival , a type of conflict ...
... fight . " When this assumption proved to be fallacious , the General realistically modified his expectations and recognized that the conflict had become a total struggle between two powerful nations for sur- vival , a type of conflict ...
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... fighting , and like Scott he chose a political objective , the enemy's capital city . He hoped that by capturing Richmond he would accomplish what Scott had done by capturing the City of Mexico , to convince the enemy of the military ...
... fighting , and like Scott he chose a political objective , the enemy's capital city . He hoped that by capturing Richmond he would accomplish what Scott had done by capturing the City of Mexico , to convince the enemy of the military ...
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... fight or retreat . If they were defeated or forced out of their lines in Kentucky and Tennessee , the Confederates in East Ten- nessee would have to give up the region or be taken in flank . The Federals could walk in almost unopposed ...
... fight or retreat . If they were defeated or forced out of their lines in Kentucky and Tennessee , the Confederates in East Ten- nessee would have to give up the region or be taken in flank . The Federals could walk in almost unopposed ...
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advance Alabama River Allen Nevins Ambrose Army of Virginia Atlanta attack B.H. Liddell Hart Ballard battle Beringer Bruce Catton Buell campaign capital capture Catton cavalry Chattanooga concentrated Confederacy Confederate army Confederate forces corps Cumberland decisive defeat defensive destroy east eastern effort emancipation enemy enemy's eral erate Federal high command Federal naval felt field armies Finally Fuller General-in-Chief Georgia Grant and Lee Grant Command Grant South Halleck Hassler Hattaway and Jones Hence Ibid J.F.C. Fuller Kentucky Lee's army Lewis Liddell Hart Lincoln line of communications McClellan Meanwhile Memphis middle Tennessee Mississippi Valley Missouri morale Moreover move Nashville national military strategy objectives offensive Ohio operations political position Potomac President raid rail lines Railroad rebellion reinforced Richmond Rosecrans secessionists Shenandoah Valley Sherman simultaneously slavery slaves southward supply territory troops Union army Union cause Union forces United Vicksburg victory Virginia theater war-making resources Weigley western western theater
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Página 112 - If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with them. My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery.
Página 112 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Página 4 - ... that this war is not waged upon our part in any spirit of oppression, nor for any purpose of conquest or subjugation, nor purpose of overthrowing or interfering with the rights or established institutions of those States, but to defend and maintain the supremacy of the Constitution and to preserve the Union, with all the dignity, equality, and rights of the several States unimpaired; and that as soon as these objects are accomplished the war ought to cease.
Página 251 - GENERAL: Your note of last evening, in reply to mine of same date, asking the condition on which I will accept the surrender of the army of Northern Virginia, is just received. In reply I would say that, peace being my great desire, there is but one condition I would insist upon, namely: That the men and officers surrendered shall be disqualified for taking up arms again against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged.
Página 112 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help, the government stretching forth its hand to Ethiopia instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
Página 44 - I do not argue; I beseech you to make the arguments for yourselves; you can not, if you would, be blind to the signs of the times.
Página 112 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored, the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was." If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time save slavery, I do not agree with them. If there be those who would not save the Union unless they could at the same time destroy slavery, I do not agree with...
Página 41 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconvenience, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 112 - I shall do less whenever I shall believe what I am doing hurts the cause, and I shall do more whenever I shall believe doing more will help the cause. I shall try to correct errors when shown to be errors, and I shall adopt new views so fast as they shall appear to be true views. I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty; and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men everywhere could be free.
Página 165 - State, the name of the State, the boundary, the subdivisions, the constitution, and the general code of laws, as before the rebellion, be maintained...